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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Mike Spear introduces our new look and welcomes our new readers

Breath of fresh air apparatus

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Breathing apparatus designer Protector has added the Vision 2, a filtering face mask, to it…

Compound confirmation

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Targor, the polypropylene joint venture between BASF and Hoechst, is to build a two-line 32,000tpa …

Overhung range extended

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Ingersoll-Dresser has extended its range of overhung process pumps to cover applications re…

UK AND INTERNATIONAL PLANT COST INDICES

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As explained above, Process Engineering's PREDICT plant cost index for the UK is made up of…

Salt-resistant actuator can act tough in control

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Designed to give reliable, extended service in even the most arduous of operating condition…

Clyde wins £600000 nickel order

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The process division of Clyde Pneumatic Conveying has won a contract worth over £600000 from Swanse…

'PROCESS INDUSTRY ECONOMICS': A Book review

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The problem with a book entitled 'Process Industry Economics' is that the field it addresse…

After all, you're my Wonderware

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Available in the UK next month from Pantek, distributor of Wonderware's InTouch automation …

EPA approves Autoset

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Bykom's neural network software, …

SMART WORK in control valves

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fieldbus or no fieldbus, there is no dobt that valve manufacturers are switching on to the benefits…

Curriculumvitae

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Hiring new staff can be an expensive headache. Finding a new job can be equally so. Roger Brownlie …

Coriolis gets OK for custody work

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Rheonik Coriolis mass flowmeter, available in the UK through exclusive representative A…

All sweetness and light, and heat

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A new combined heat and power plant at British Sugar's Bury St Edmunds factory in Suffolk w…

Cutting crude behaviour

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fouling on surfaces occurs widely in the process industry. Effective process plant cleanin…

Shake-up at Totton

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Jerry Russell is to take over as director and general manager of Southampton-based company Totton P…

BOC and Foster Wheeler link up

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BOC and Foster Wheeler Energy have joined forces to offer power, heat and industrial gases …

BTP's Teesport site sold

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Albemarle has bought the Teesport, UK, manufacturing site and oilfields chemicals business …

Advanced control for Foxboro

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Siebe, the UK parent of control major Foxboro, has acquired the Northwich-based advanced co…

STEP Tools adds support for IGES

Added: 15 Jan 2000

STEP Tools, software supplier for implementing the STEP standard, has added support for IGE…